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Aadhar Card

A bit background about the Aadhar Card.

The Planning Commission Of India’s initiative is the Aadhar Card. The concept of Unique identification project which aims to provide identification for each resident across the country. Which would be used primarily as the basis for efficient delivery of welfare services. It would also act as a tool for effective monitoring of various programs and schemes of the Government.

What is Aadhar ?

Aadhaar is a 12 digit individual identification number issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India on behalf of the Government of India.

This number will serve as a proof of identity and address, anywhere in India.

Any individual, irrespective of age and gender, who is a resident in India and satisfies the verification process laid down by the UIDAI can enrol for Aadhaar.

Each individual needs to enroll only once which is free of cost.

Each Aadhaar number will be unique to an individual and will remain valid for life. Aadhaar number will help you provide access to services like banking, mobile phone connections and other Govt and Non-Govt services in due course.

How to get an Aadhaar?

The residents of India will have to visit the nearest Aadhar Enrollment Camp inorder to register for the Aadhar Card. On visiting the Enrollment Camp there are some formalities that needs to be fulfilled for the Aadhar card registration process. The first step in the registration process is the verification of the documents.

In this step the applicant of the Aadhar card should approach the Enrolment Agency Operator and provide the necessary documents for verification. The primary documents that has to be provided to apply for Aadhar card maybe either one of the following: the passport, the PAN card, Ration card or the PDS photo card, Voter ID of the applicant, The driving license (if the applicant has one), photo ID issued by any recognized educational institution, Government Photo Id cards, Photo credit card, Photo ATM card, Kisan Photo Passbook (if any) or even arms license, should the applicant hold such a license. As proof of address, the applicant of the aadhar card can provide the passport or ration card, bank statement or even the electricity bill.

As a proof of the applicant’s date of birth inorder to apply for aadhar card , the applicant may provide the birth certificate, or the SSLC book or certificate, the passport or Certificate of Date of Birth issued by Group A Gazetted Officer on letterhead. The enroller will then enter the resident date into the computer. After the date has been entered, the resident has to check the details entered to make sure all details are correct. After this comes the capturing of the applicants face photograph. This includes mainly the iris capture. After this the next process for applying for the Aadhar Card is the biometric scanning of ten fingerprints. First the left hand fingerprints are captured followed by the right hand of the applicant. Next in row in the process of applying for the Aadhar card is the thumbprint capture of both the hands. After all this has been done the enroller has to sign off with his own finger print. After the above steps have been completed, the Aadhar card can be obtained within a time period of twenty to a maximum of 30 days time.

Aadhaar enrolment status

The top of your acknowledgement slip contains 14 digit enrolment number and the 14 digit date and time of enrolment. These 28 digits together form your temporary enrolment ID (EID). Click Here

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